Special Request!

Thanks to all who enthusiastically played rhythm instruments for our Easter/Earth Celebration on Sunday! We made a joyful noise together!! 

 If by any chance, you or your child enthusiastically kept the instrument to play some more at home, please return the instrument as soon as possible to church. We are missing a maraca and some of the "egg shakers." These instruments were lovingly donated to the church for use in creating music together in worship. Please be thoughtful and return them, if they just happened to come home with you. Thanks!

CANDIDATING WEEK: Schedule of Events

Mark your calendar May 8-15 for Candidating Week! The week begins with Deane's first service on Potluck Sunday. While this is also Mother's Day, we hope you will invite your mother or mother-figures to join us at our introductory potluck celebration.

During the week, there will be several smallergroup opportunities to meet and talk with Deane in various locations and venues (Good Beans, the church, at member's homes).Finally, we will have one more opportunity to hear Deane on Sunday, May 15 before the congregation votes after the service to call her to UUCF. Members and friends of UUCF are invited and encouraged to come to all of the events, but we NEED members in church on May 8 and 15 for the services and congregational vote following the May 15th service. Your presence will help us meet the quorum necessary to vote, and your vote will determine whether or not Deane can and will accept our call. (The UUA recommends ministers not accept a call if less than 90% vote in favor of the call!) Look for a detailed agenda to arrive in the mail at home in the coming weeks.

Date/Day	MORNING	AFTERNOON	EVENING
05/0711 Sat.			Eat & Greet at Rayna Bick's home with MSC 5 to 7pm
05/08/11 Sun.	Sunday service	2nd Sunday Potluck  & Welcome program with Deane Data Quiz	5-7pm Meeting with Worship Interest Group at UUCF
05/09/11 Mon.		Luncheon at Smith-Howard home in Flushing @ Noon [Meet Amy Derrick, Dir. LSL @ 2:30-4:30p]	Family event with Diane Vack and Amy Derrick 5:30-7:30p at UUCF Bring the whole family for food and conversation!
05/10/11 Tue.	[Meet Cheryl Craig 10:30-11:30a  UUCF office]	[Meet with worship team if desire 2pm] Finance Interest Group 4p @ UUCF	Board Dinner 6-8 pm
05/11/11 Wed.	10a-12n Drop In at Good Beans Café 12-12:30 Tina Putney, Green Sanctuary at Good Beans Café	4:30-6 Operations 6p Meet Pia Broden Williams 6:30p Meet the Choir	Open House at the Straw Home in Grand Blanc 7-9pm
05/12/11 Thur.		12:30 Meeting UUSC with Pam Pinti Non Violent Communication Group 1:30-3:30p Drop In to 5p	5:30- 7p FACT Leadership Cluster
05/13/11 Fri.		1:30 -3pm Membership & Communication 4-6p Drop In for Theology Rap	Open house at the Simons residence, Davison 7-9p
05/14/11 Sat.		12-2 Green Team Reps. at lunch	Service Auction at UUCF! 5:30-8pm
05/15/11 Sun.	Sunday Service followed by Congregational Meeting to vote on candidate	Hopefully & prayerfully a coffee hour celebration!!

UUCF Service Auction

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Flint presents 

The 2011 Service Auction!!

Saturday, May 14, 2011

6:00PM

Service Auction Extravaganza
and Meet Deane Oliva, Ministerial Candidate
Saturday May 14th beginning at 5:30 PM in the UUSC Fellowship Hall

Join us for a Mid-eastern feast after you stroll the silent auction with a plate of hors d'oeuvres.

Write your bid on the items you would like and the highest bid wins.

After dinner Sheila Smith will become our auctioneer extraordinaire to entice you to bid on the pleasurable or useful services which our members and friends have donated. We still welcome donations of services and items for the silent auction. Please bring items and/or forms to church (more forms available in the office or after church on Sunday). There is a box in the office for donations.

Invite guests to join you. The dinner is only $5.00 per person /max. $20 per family since the Ministerial Search Committee is helping to defray the cost.

The Mid-eastern food will be catered by Kabob City on Miller Rd. near the Genesee Valley Mall. Their website is: www.kabobcity.com

Menu:

Lamb Shish Kabob: Marinated and char-broiled lamb
Chicken: Marinated and char-broiled chicken
Grilled vegetable assortment
Hummus: Chick peas, tahini (sesame butter), and spices blended together into a dip or spead
Baba Ganouj: Char-grilled eggplant, tahini, and onions blended together into a dip or spread
Stuffed Grape Leaves: Vegetarian or with Meat: A mix of rice and spices wrapped in grape leaves
Fattoush salad: Romaine lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley and toasted pita chips
Assorted pastries
Coffee, Tea

Bar offerings, additional cost: Wine, beer and freshly-juiced juices

Guests could enjoy your company, the good food, a glass of freshly-juiced juice or beer or wine, and perhaps would participate in the auctions ($3/bid ticket). It will be a fun evening and not a long one.

Also consider buying a couple of tickets for members who are unable to pay the admission price. This would be most welcome. Sponsoring a table for $25.00 is another way to contribute, especially if you cannot attend.

We welcome and encourage all to attend this gala fundraising event. We hope to raise much-needed funds to help us continue the good work of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Flint. Questions? Call Juliet, 810-736-5091.


Sneak Peek at 2011 Service Auction Offerings
Saturday, May 14 5:30 PM in Fellowship Hall

-Landscape design consultation with an emphasis on native plantings/ Virginia Chatfield
-Locovore(locally-grown food) picnic lunch for 4 people /Shelley Page
-Consultation by semi-professional writer on your written work, 10 pages or less / Johanna Brown
-Facilitation of any meeting by professional change process instructor / Bob Brown, the younger
-Picnic with kayak and canoeing at Holly Recreation Area / Rayna Bick and John Helsom
-Picnic tour and fall color tour (in October) of Wildwood Lake area in Holly Recreation Area/ John Helsom and Rayna Bick
-Birthday party for Dr. Van (you'll never guess how old) at Sagano's Japanese Bistro and -Steakhouse on July 30 (Marion Van Winkle)
-Professional framed photograph titled Repose, archival quality inks and framed ebony oak / Gloria Boddy
-Legal consultation on any subject/ Scott Stensaas
-In-home computer instruction, or computer repair, one hour (or purchase more than one)/T. Saxton
-In-home assembly of any item (like furniture or whatever) that you would like help with /T. Saxton
-Hand-thrown pottery by professional potter/ Cheryl Jordan
-Poker party/ Sheila Smith
-Catered dinner for 6 at home of buyer/ Sheila Smith
-Hand-knitted scarf or shawl to order/ Brent Smalley
-Dinner for 2 at Brick Street Restaurant/ Mary Wolski
-Fast Eddie's Car Wash coupons/ Dorothy Gae Davis
-Editing and/or proofreading of articles, essays or papers/ Audrey Bassett
-Tarot card reading/ June Urdy
-Science and/or math tutoring/ John Straw
-Laborer for hire - yard work , tree trimming, outdoor painting, window, gutters/John Straw
-Moving man - help with moving heavy items( like furniture to or from the church rummage sale)/John Straw
-Two-2 hour blocks of time planting flowers or vegetables/Ruth Straw
-Two-20 minute Corporate (chair) massage by appointment/Sue Kirby
-Three- 1 hour massage by appointment/Sue Kirby
- Roll of scented drawer-liner paper, containing six 18" x 24" sheets, with floral design (valued at $25.00); minimum bid $15.00.
- Pair of silver-plated Florentine candlesticks (valued at $20.00); minimum bid $10.00.
- Two-tiered frosted crystal serving tray (valued at $20.00); minimum bid $10.00.-
- Mirrored oval vanity tray in silver-plated setting with floral and gold-tone bee decoration (valued at $25.00); minimum bid $15.00.

And Check out some of the donations from our own children and youth!

Bid on one of the four hand-painted chalices, recycled t-shirt bags or one-of-a-kind UU Church of Flint T-shirts! See you tonight!

Special Announcement!

Welcome to the “Dream Team” for Lifespan Faith Development and Religious Education!

Are you interested in working with our children and youth, developing curriculum and discussing our UU religious education philosophy? Here is an opportunity for you!

You are cordially invited to meet together as our team, to lead the congregation as we envision the lifespan faith development program we want to create.

Come dream with us, come play with us. We will chose our destination and discover together what gifts we have to share on the journey.

Our first planning session will be on Thursday April 28^th, 2011 at 6:30 pm in the Chapel

See you there!

June Urdy, Board Liaison to Lifespan Learning

 and Amy Peterson Derrick, Director of Lifespan Learning